Thirst (Park Chan-wook, 2009)

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Lino · #1 Post by **Lino** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 4:56 am

Watch some backstage footage as well as a great little interview with Chan-wook here.

hot_locket · #2 Post by **hot_locket** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 6:17 am

Wow, I can't believe this has been online for almost 3 months now and I didn't know about it

Here's some poster artwork, too

P.S. That interview kind of spoils the ending of the film.

Lino · #3 Post by **Lino** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 8:55 pm

Hmm, I wonder if Chan-wook ever watched this aussie exploitation flick before?

Cosmic Bus · #4 Post by **Cosmic Bus** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 11:18 pm

A handful of images from the film, and news that filming is on track to complete ahead of schedule for a proposed release in April.

Antoine Doinel · #5 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:01 pm

Here's the Korean trailer.

knives · #6 Post by **knives** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:50 pm

That looks uncharacteristically serious. Very beautiful though.

Lino · #7 Post by **Lino** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 2:11 am

One of the most anticipated movies of the year for me. That trailer looks very, very promising and I am already in love with the tiny taste of the soundtrack features in it.

Nothing · #8 Post by **Nothing** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 2:10 am

Weird how a whole career can be so successfully launched off a single well-achieved, fairly exciting, utterly shallow tracking shot in a corridor.

bjeggert82 · #9 Post by **bjeggert82** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 3:27 pm

Nothing wrote:Weird how a whole career can be so successfully launched off a single well-achieved, fairly exciting, utter shallow tracking shot in a corridor.

Park's career launched after the massive returns and praise for JSA: Joint Security Area. Oldboy came two films after. He was pretty well established by the time his "shallow tracking shot" was filmed...

Nothing · #10 Post by **Nothing** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 4:23 pm

okay, perhaps 'launch a career' was poor use of terminology. he was ticking along just fine as a second rate asian genre director before this. however, it was certainly the moment he made a giant leap into both the mainstream consciousness and a strange arthouse credibility. when, arguably, of course, he has never ceased being the former.

forweg · #11 Post by **forweg** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 9:37 am

Frankly, Crush and Blush is the best film Park's ever been associated with.

Lino · #12 Post by **Lino** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 1:46 am

New trailer.

Michael Kerpan · #13 Post by **Michael Kerpan** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 12:49 pm

forweg wrote:Frankly, Crush and Blush is the best film Park's ever been associated with.

Jealousy Is My Middle Name was pretty good too.

And _I_ think I'm a Cyborg, But That's Okay is cute.

lady wakasa · #14 Post by **lady wakasa** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 3:23 am

Nothing wrote:okay, perhaps 'launch a career' was poor use of terminology. he was ticking along just fine as a second rate asian genre director before this. however, it was certainly the moment he made a giant leap into both the mainstream consciousness and a strange arthouse credibility. when, arguably, of course, he has never ceased being the former.

One person's "second rate asian genre director" is another's "mainstream" - or maybe vice-versa is more appropriate. Especially since he's been pretty mainstream in Korea, including during the entire Korean Wave period.

Michael Kerpan wrote:And _I_ think I'm a Cyborg, But That's Okay is cute.

I agree.

I also enjoyed Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (if "enjoyed" is the right word). And I plan to see Thirst at the earliest possible chance. (Crush and Blush is in the mail.)

Antoine Doinel · #15 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Thu May 07, 2009 8:34 pm

Focus Features have picked up the US rights and will be releasing the film in mid-July.

James · #16 Post by **James** » Fri May 08, 2009 1:10 am

Antoine Doinel wrote:Focus Features have picked up the US rights and will be releasing the film in mid-July.

This is fantastic news; not necessarily because I want to see this, but because I really want to see the new Lars von Trier and Gaspar Noé movies, and while those may be hard to market, at least the fact that this picked up distribution gives me hope.

Antoine Doinel · #17 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 5:55 pm

Focus Features has confirmed the US release date for July 31st.

Cosmic Bus · #18 Post by **Cosmic Bus** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 4:44 pm

US redband trailer.

James · #19 Post by **James** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 10:38 pm

That looks awful. I wonder if the subtitles will be like that during the actual screenings.

Antoine Doinel · #20 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 3:24 pm

I liked the trailer, but yeah, "extreme" subtitles seem to be the flavor of the month for American studios when releasing foreign films these days.

Michael Kerpan · #21 Post by **Michael Kerpan** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 3:43 pm

Looks like a film I can safely skip. ;~}

Dr. Snaut · #22 Post by **Dr. Snaut** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 6:52 pm

I kind of like the subtitles. Better than the yellow ones on the bottom of the screen.

zombeaner · #23 Post by **zombeaner** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 9:27 pm

Antoine Doinel wrote:I liked the trailer, but yeah, "extreme" subtitles seem to be the flavor of the month for American studios when releasing foreign films these days.

Really? The only one I was aware of was Nightwatch. Name some others so I can get an idea of what they look like.

Cosmic Bus · #24 Post by **Cosmic Bus** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 9:51 pm

Weren't the subs on Slumdog a bit stylized? I sincerely doubt the ones on Thirst will be anything like this in the actual movie, though.

knives · #25 Post by **knives** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 10:56 pm

Man on Fire also had the wacky subs. I'm sure there are plenty of older examples.

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